It’s still hard to know what to think about this Pakistan team. The win over Afghanistan was not the performance of champions and yet, somehow and some way, they are still in contention for a semi-final spot and you can never write them off. Look at the history of our team and it has always been like this. Two years ...

Cori Gauff, at 15 the youngest ever qualifier for the Wimbledon singles, pulled off a major shock on Monday beating five-time champion Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 in their first round clash. The teenage American — who was not even born when Williams had won her first two Wimbledon singles titles — showed not an ounce of fear on Court One ...

Defending champion Novak Djokovic got his campaign for a fifth Wimbledon title off to a winning start on Monday with newly-hired coaching team recruit, and 2001 winner, Goran Ivanisevic helping steer the ship. Djokovic, chasing a fifth title at the All England Club, saw off 35-year-old Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-3, 7-5, 6-3. But he had to recover from early ...

Sri Lanka held off a West Indies charge at Chester-le-Street on Monday to win an exciting battle by 23 runs in World Cup 2019. Both teams came into the match aware they could not reach the semi-finals but the West Indies came close to pulling off the highest successful chase in World Cup history. Earlier, Sri Lanka batted brightly to ...

LONDON: Seasoned pacer Wahab Riaz will continue to train with the Pakistan team despite suffering from a fractured finger, a team official said on Monday. Raza Kitchlew, Pakistan team’s media manager, said that Wahab would continue to attend the team’s training sessions in the lead up to Pakistan’s last group match – against Bangladesh – at Lord’s on July 5. ...

How can Pakistan reach the World Cup 2019 semi-final? There are few matches left of the World Cup league phase and the situation has become very interesting for teams to book their place in the semi-finals. Sri Lanka has been eliminated from the tournament after England’s victory on Sunday. Australia is the only team so far that has sealed its ...

BIRMINGHAM: India all-rounder Vijay Shankar has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup, with Mayank Agarwal announced on Monday as his replacement in the 15-man squad. “Vijay Shankar sustained a non-displaced fracture of the left big toe, which will require a minimum of three weeks to heal. The injury rules him out of the ongoing World Cup,” ...

BIRMINGHAM: Skipper Mashrafe Mortaza says Bangladesh will have to raise their game against a strong India side on Tuesday if they retain any chance of reaching the World Cup semi-finals. Mashrafe´s side has seven points after three wins and a washout, three points behind fourth-placed England. To retain any chance of qualifying from the 10-team group phase they need to ...

LAHORE (July 1, 2019): USAID’s newly-appointed Director for Punjab Mr Kevin Sharp called on Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs RaiTaimoor Khan Bhatti at his office in National Hockey Stadium on Monday. During the meeting, Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs RaiTaimoor Khan Bhatti informed USAID Director for Punjab Mr Kevin Sharp about the development priorities of Punjab ...

The National Training Camp of Pakistan Baseball Team is in progress at Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad. Syed Fakhar Ali Shah President Pakistan Federation Baseball told that in July 2019 Pakistan Baseball Team is participating in 14th West Asia Baseball Cup 2019 in Sri Lanka. The event scheduled to be held from July 15 – 20, 2019. Teams from Bangladesh, India, ...